▲ 367 ▼ This HAS to be satire (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50908658
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (2 children) Ah, so like in Europe permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (3 children) Europe's a big place. I don't have anything resembling that here in Romania. You mean like in the Netherlands? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 child) France too, in cities the buttons is mostly just switching on a speaker to announce when it's green for pedestrians for the visually impaired or if you like "ding ding" sounds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago Love ding ding sounds. I'd hit em all even if I wasn't crossing just for the ding dings. My local transit agency is probably onto this fact, because instead of ding dings ours make a sound similar to when you flick a spring-loaded doorstop, but bassier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago Everyone knows that europe is js the nederlands permalink fedilink source parent [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago Yeh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ooops@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago* In my corner or Europe there are indeed many of those buttons that don't work and are purely cosmetically. It gives people something to focus on in the minute or so they have to wait for their light to get green which it would also do anyway when no one was there. And it's a somewhat standardized way of putting a vibrating indicator for people with impaired sight at the pole, whether it doubles to actually request a green light or just fakes it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (3 children) Europe's a big place. I don't have anything resembling that here in Romania. You mean like in the Netherlands? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 child) France too, in cities the buttons is mostly just switching on a speaker to announce when it's green for pedestrians for the visually impaired or if you like "ding ding" sounds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago Love ding ding sounds. I'd hit em all even if I wasn't crossing just for the ding dings. My local transit agency is probably onto this fact, because instead of ding dings ours make a sound similar to when you flick a spring-loaded doorstop, but bassier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago Everyone knows that europe is js the nederlands permalink fedilink source parent [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago Yeh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 child) France too, in cities the buttons is mostly just switching on a speaker to announce when it's green for pedestrians for the visually impaired or if you like "ding ding" sounds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago Love ding ding sounds. I'd hit em all even if I wasn't crossing just for the ding dings. My local transit agency is probably onto this fact, because instead of ding dings ours make a sound similar to when you flick a spring-loaded doorstop, but bassier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago Love ding ding sounds. I'd hit em all even if I wasn't crossing just for the ding dings. My local transit agency is probably onto this fact, because instead of ding dings ours make a sound similar to when you flick a spring-loaded doorstop, but bassier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago Everyone knows that europe is js the nederlands permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ooops@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago* In my corner or Europe there are indeed many of those buttons that don't work and are purely cosmetically. It gives people something to focus on in the minute or so they have to wait for their light to get green which it would also do anyway when no one was there. And it's a somewhat standardized way of putting a vibrating indicator for people with impaired sight at the pole, whether it doubles to actually request a green light or just fakes it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent
